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This is an image that nearly 1billion people on Earth worship. The people who wrote this book, called the Bible, created a theocratic prison for their minds. They now worship this image as a God.
What is your reaction to this?
2006-06-29 08:46:37 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sometimes I wonder if I like the fact that I'm a "pioneer" in the fight against religious brainwashing. But most of the time, I just sit and wish I lived in a more enlightened society.
One hope that I cling to, is that I will live to see the day that humanity rises above its ignorance, because there's so much we could accomplish. But I'm not sure if I'll see that day or not. But in the meantime, I plan to do everything in my power to speed its arrival.
2006-06-29 10:06:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Obviously you're far off to the left, and just as dogmatic as the Christians about your methods. Christianity is a matter of faith and does not call people to be imprisoned. Some people envelope themselves in Christian culture and allow themselves to be brainwashed, but all the same can you prove that there is no God beyond a reasonable doubt? I don't think anyone can. Science is fact, and Christianity is faith, and the two can't extinguish one another because they're not based on the same things. Myself, I'm a Christian and I believe in evolution. I also feel that God calls us to love one another, not to become conformists to religion and put everything into a box that suppresses thought and knowledge. Everyone has freedom of choice to believe, and who are you to say that 1 billion other people are wrong? Who are they to say that you are wrong? We all have our own way about faith, so my reaction to you are being just as oppressive and dogmatic as those in the church whom you rail against.
2006-06-29 15:54:39 · answer #2 · answered by b_switek 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My reaction is that you're no atheist, rather you are an uninformed unbeliever and here's why.
Could I convince you that I dropped 50 oranges onto the ground and they by chance fell into ten rows of five oranges? The logical conclusion is that someone with an intelligent mind put them there. The odds that ten oranges would fall by accident into a straight line are mind-boggling, let alone ten rows of five.
You say there is no God which is an absolute statement. For this to be true you must possess absolute knowledge. What do you need for your statement to be true then?
a. no knowledge of Jesus
b. partial knowledge of Jesus
c. absolute knowledge of Jesus
You must KNOW there is no Jesus and you cannot say that.
2006-06-29 15:55:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I need no worship, I still love them and you regardless of your beliefs
Does a human father simply cast away its son for not having all limbs?
I find it very forth coming that many have thought process' of their own and are not easily swayed.
For I am the truth and I alone command it. It is upon you to decide what you believe and how you live. This was to be the test of life
2006-06-29 15:51:24 · answer #4 · answered by St Guido 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no reaction, I just enjoy reading all the tirades ultimately unleashed by these types of questions. I've read more scripture and sermons on this site than I get in two or three weeks at my church. And that's really saying something, 'cause our pastor can PREACH!
Golden Calf... would that be Mooby??
2006-06-29 16:03:51 · answer #5 · answered by browneyedgirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Article 18.
Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.
2006-06-29 15:55:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If 1 billion people believes the earth is flat and at the centre of the universe that does not make it so.
2006-06-29 16:45:22 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know anyone who worships the Bible. That's not what God intended. We worship Him because He is our Creator and sent His Son to pay for the sin we had no hope of getting rid of on our own.
2006-06-29 15:52:08 · answer #8 · answered by MamaMia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good call. It IS just a book,written hundreds of years AFTER the death of Christ. It was translated by many scribes,not just one,so,there are also many different translastions. It's meant to be a guide,not written in stone,excuse the pun. I dislike the hypocrits who quote the Bible,and kill their parents,children,spouses,etc. But,according to them ,"God told me to do it in the Bible." What a bunch of bs
2006-06-29 15:50:30 · answer #9 · answered by dragonfly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My reaction?
Boredom. It's just a symbol and the more people understand that it is part and parcel of the myth, the better off the world will be.
2006-06-29 15:48:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋